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Status:Available Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats
Published: 2007
Provides administrators, counselors, psychologists & teachers w/ cutting edge info on: sending offensive messages; spreading nasty rumors; disclosing intimate information; excluding someone from an online group; using the Internet to intimidate. Includes .. Details >>
Status:Available Repairing the Breach
Published: 1996
Key ways to support family life, reclaim our streets, and rebuild civil society in America's communities... Details >>
Status:Available A Teenager's Guide to Living With an Alcoholic Parent
Published: 1984
This comprehensive guide for young people answers questions about parental addiction and discusses issues such as dating, schoolwork, expression of feelings, and responsibilities while coping with alcoholism at home... Details >>
Status:Available Living at the Edge of the World
Published: 2000
The true account of a teenager's struggle to survive on the streets of Manhattan. Tina lives in the tunnels under Grand Central Station and grapples with drug abuse, sexual assaults, and the tumultuous relationships she forms on the streets... Details >>
Status:Available Many Roads, One Journey: Moving Beyond the 12 Steps
Published: 1992
The author paves the way for a broader understanding of recovery that involves both personal & social awareness. She examines co-dependency in the context of internalized oppression & explores boundaries & sexual exploitation in groups. Also confronts the.. Details >>
Status:Available My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has a Disease
Published: 1987
A workbook for children of alcoholics aged 6-14 to work through the lonliness, fear, and frustration of living with this disease. Not to actually be drawn in!.. Details >>
Status:Available Abused No More: Recovery for Women from Abusive or Co-Dependent Relationships
Published: 1989
A practical guide for women trapped in abusive relationships, including ones where alcohol is an issue, who need to make the first move to stop the pain, or for family & friends who want to help. Offers specific & realistic steps for coping... Details >>
Status:Available Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing, & Binge Drinking
Published: 1999
Nuwer examines hazing's fundamental legal & historical roots & describes many instances of abuse & criminal behavior. His overview of its history starts w/ Plato, and includes hazing rites of other cultures. Lists students who have died from 1838-2001, an.. Details >>
Status:Available Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
Published: 1989
Dr. Forward shows why it is so difficult to leave the pain of toxic parents behind. She offers alternatives to "forgive & forget" for achieving inner peace & freeing yourself from the frustrating patterns you had or still have with your parents... Details >>
Status:Available Workplace Intervention: The Bottom Line on Helping Addicted Employees Become Productive Again
Published: 2000
Offers solid advice for executives, managers, & colleagues on addressing an employee's addiction. Covers how to recognize a problem, conduct an intervention, find and encourage treatment, handle tricky legal questions, and navigate family involvement... Details >>
Status:Available Facing Codependence
Published: 1989
Traces the origins of co-dependence back to childhood emotional, spiritual, intellectual & sexual abuses. Creates a framework of identifying codepen- dent behaviors & outline an effective therapy for recovery. The outcome, ideally, is more mature & satisf.. Details >>
Status:Available Safe and Drug Free Schools
Published: 2002
Examines & evaluates the Safe & Drug-Free Schools & Commun- ities Act & its programs, placing the measure in a back- ground context & looking at its financial & administrative structures... Details >>
Status:Available Bullying at School
Published: 1993
Practical advice for principals, teachers & parents on how to implement a "whole school approach to bullying," & a guide to help teachers & parents recognize if a child is being victimized or is bullying others... Details >>
Status:Available Teasing and Harassment
Published: 2001
Learn how to counter & prevent low-level agression in school & at home. Based on social learning theory, the frames & scripts approach provides easy-to-learn language for working w/ kids to unlearn the behavior that leads to teasing & learn positive probl.. Details >>
Status:Available Creating Safe Schools: What Principals Can Do
Published: 1994
Reviews the causes of violence & introduces techniques for getting students, parents, the central office & the community involved. Covers proactive planning, responses when tragedy does strike, measures for improving facilities & policies to create a viol.. Details >>
Status:Available Violence in Schools: The Enabling Factor
Published: 1994
Addresses violence in schools from a systemic approach, and focuses on school, parental and peer enabling. Enabling checklists included for these 3 groups. Violence problems can be solved if schools consciously examine how enabling manifests itself w/in t.. Details >>
Status:Available High Risk: Children Without a Conscience
Published: 1987
Learn to recognize character-disturbed children & adults, prevent the development of antisocial behavior, find the best help if your child is at risk, and minimize the trauma of adoption & foster care... Details >>
Status:Available Mommy, I Can't Sit Still: Coping with Hyperactive and Agressive Children
Published: 1989
Offers a 3-fold approach to helping hyperactive & agressive children realized their true potential. Illustrates the fears, distortions & stresses the maladjusted child endures. Examines pharmacological, dietary & psychological treatments... Details >>
Status:Available Fixing Broken Windows: Restoring Order and Reducing Crime in Our Communities
Published: 1996
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Status:Available A Provider's Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender..
Published: 2001
Full Title: "A Provider's Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals" Covers homophobia, cultural, legal & health issues, interpersonal violence, counselor competence, gender identity, administrative.. Details >>
Status:Available Addiction Professional: January 2005
Published: 2005
Articles include: Clients in Gangs; Compensation Trends in Behavioral Healthcare; Group Psychotherapy; Gambling; 'Treatment Works!': Is it Time for a New Slogan?'; New Hope for Treating Alcoholism: Will Professionals Embrace the Latest Medication Options?.. Details >>
Status:Available A Portrait of Adolescents in America, 2001
Published: 2001
Explores the health & health care experience of 2,000 adolescents ages 13-17 surveyed on-line. Focuses on three groups- Risky Health Behaviors, Symptoms of Depression, & Special Health Care Needs. These groups are less healthy, less confident, & less conn.. Details >>
Status:Available Mentoring In The Juvenile Justice System: Findings from Two Pilot Programs
Published: 1994
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Status:Available Adult/Youth Relationships Pilot Program
Published: 1995
Study of a mentoring program for juvenile offenders... Details >>
Status:Available 2003 Pennsylvania Youth Survey Report
Published: 2003
A report on the behavior, attitudes & knowledge concerning alcohol, tobacco, drugs & violence of secondary school students in Lancaster County. Presents findings in 3 sections: 1. risk & protective factors 2. drug use 3. anti-social behaviors... Details >>
Status:Available Alcohol and Drug Abuse in America: Policies for Prevention
Published: 1994
Six recommendations for effective public policies & respon- sible funding approaches to end substance abuse-fueled violence. Working together, the major institutions of every community- families, faith, community, education, health care, criminal justice,.. Details >>
Status:Available Safe and Secure: Guides to Creating Safer Schools
Published: 2002
Part 1: Creating Schoolwide Prevention & Intervention Strategies. Part 2: School Policies & Legal Issues Supporting Safe Schools. Addresses why safety policies are important and how to implement them... Details >>
Status:Available Getting Out of the Game: The Trap of Drug Dealing (DVD)
Published: 2004
In Getting Out of the Game, a group of ex-dealers grapple with real-life issues and share techniques that have helped them stay out of drug dealing. DVD includes facilitator's guide with reproducible worksheets. .. Details >>
Status:Available Medical Aspects of Co-Dependency
Published: 1986
Covers the physical & emotional effects that a chemically dependent person has on family, friends, and co-workers. Addresses family roles, sexuality, medical diseases, and what happens to the family system when even one member seeks help. Great informatio.. Details >>
Status:Available Trust in Yourself: ACoA
Shows five adults who grew up in alcoholic homes struggling to overcome their own hurt and confusion... Details >>
Status:Available Bullying
Published: 1995
This video and teacher's guide put in place several strategies to reduce bullying in school. Students are presented with various bullying scenarios, at the end of which questions are asked to provoke thought and discussion about the characters and circums.. Details >>
Status:Available Adult Children of Alcoholics: Masks of Denial
Uses a psyco-drama format to dramatize the problems of adults who grew up in an alcoholic family... Details >>
Status:Available Cruel Spirits: Alcohol & Violence
Published: 1989
Focuses on how alcohol abuse is linked to violent crimes and presents evidence from a major study suggesting that alcohol contributes to aggression and cruelty... Details >>
Status:Available Be Cool: Coping With Anger
Published: 1995
Specially designed for children with learning and developmental disabilities. Teaches how to handle anger at others by accepting, apologizing, and making amends. .. Details >>
Status:Available The Art of Setting Limits
How to defuse verbal exchanges before they become confrontations... Details >>
Status:Available Family Violence in America
Links substance abuse to domestic violence and explains the cycles of violence. Reveals myths related to domestic violence,including that the victim "deserves" it. Discusses related legal matters: viewers hear from victims, as well as legal officials and.. Details >>
Status:Available Cancelled Lives: Letters from the Inside
A portrait of the Criminal Justice system as seen through the eyes of the incarcerated. Detailed letters exploring their experience in prison... Details >>
Status:Available Close to Home- Moyers on Addiction: The Politics of Addiction
Published: 1998
The 5th video in the series tells the story of how our society meets the challenges of translating what scientists, doctors, counselors, and recovering addicts have learned into public policy. Looks at Arizona's Proposition 200, which emphasizes treatment.. Details >>
Status:Available Acquaintance Rape, Drugs and You
Published: 1997
This video discusses what circumstances lead to date rape, the dangers that drugs and alcohol add to a situation, and what to do if you or a friend is date-raped. Impactful. NOTE: Contains mature content.. Details >>
Status:Available Suicide Prevention
Published: 2003
Students will learn the key points of suicide prevention, characteristics of students who may be at higher risk, why any threat of suicide should be taken seriously, steps to take if a friend is suicidal, & problem-solving tips & effective communication s.. Details >>
Status:Available The Gang's All Here
The first video to feature interviews with white gang members in suburban communities and exclusive interviews with educators, community leaders, ex-gang members, convicted gang members, private citizens, and a variety of law enforcement personnel from th.. Details >>
Status:Available Staff Development: Working with Hostile and Resistant Teens
Effective anger management strategies are modeled by an experienced counselor as he meets w/ youth with problems ranging from fighting and being pregnant to reporting a friend who may kill herself. Two tape set with video guide... Details >>
Status:Available Child Abuse: A Global Crisis
Features worldwide authorities on child abuse who examine the grim facts about this devastating practice. Working together, we can help stop abusive treatment of children... Details >>
Status:Available Golpes y Gritos...Como Evitarlos (Yelling & Spanking...What to do Instead)
Published: 1995
Presents 4 real-life situations in which parents are tempted to spank and yell at their children. High stress-times: when parents are tired, when children explore, when children don't cooperate, and when parents are busy. Offers strategies to keep conflic.. Details >>
Status:Available Urban Improv: Violence & Conflict Resolution
Published: 2004
The Urban Improv troupe dramatize the consequences of arguments erupting into physical violence, the traumatic results of revenge, and the dangers of abusive relationships. Classroom activities include role-plays and discussions of anger management & conf.. Details >>
Status:Available Choke!
Published: 1996
Escalating conflicts among adolescents too often lead to violence. Choke! dramatizes this issue, teaching pro-health, conflict resolution skills which can de-escalate a situation that may seem out of control. Danny and his soccer team illustrate the point.. Details >>
Status:Available Soulforce: The Power of Non-Violence
Published: 1999
This historical look at non-violence empowers youth by focusing on positive strategies used by leaders of the nonviolence movement. Interspersed are stories of formerly at-risk teens who have used nonviolence to resist violence in their own schools and ne.. Details >>
Status:Available Ruined Lives II: The Dangers of Methamphetamine
Published: 2003
Interviews with users who's lives have been altered by meth and a dramatic story of a teen who tries meth for the first time lend a peer group reality to this program... Details >>
Status:Unavailable (Estimated Availability: 03/02/2010) P.O.W.E.R.: The Eddie Matos Story
Published: 1994
Eddie Matos grew up on the tough streets of Brooklyn. Although a bright student, he succumbed to the pressures of the inner city and became a drug dealer. At age 17, he was shot in the back by an angry associate and was left a quadriplegic... Details >>
Status:Available Women in Prison: Your Way to Stay Out
Published: 2000
Features women inmates discussing what led to their incarceration and identifying behaviors and reactions that supported their destructive lifestyle. The women find their own empowerment plan to support success after release. Includes Facilitator's Manual.. Details >>
Status:Available McGruff on Anger, Conflict and Violence
Published: 2001
McGruff finds his nephew, Scruff, angry at his video game, and explains that violence is not the answer. He shows how potentially violent situations can be defused, and the negative effects violence has on students' relationships & lives. Peaceful conflic.. Details >>
Status:Available Women in Transition: The On-Going Challenge
Published: 1998
Four women who have been released from prison and are living successful, drug-free lives tell about their experiences. Viewers will learn practical ways to work toward a successful transition, the value of seeking help, and what it means to accept respons.. Details >>
Status:Available Overcoming Gangs and Prejudice
Published: 1998
Based on the experiences of a former Latino gang member, viewers glimpse the rivalry andhardships that come with gang life. Detention center cellmates of different races find common ground as they discuss fear, lonliness, and absent parents... Details >>
Status:Available Gangs: It's Your Life (Part A)
Published: 2002
*CONTAINS MATURE MATERIAL* Explores the reasons youth join gangs: the need for support & belonging, to feel protected & powerful, the desire for status or respect, peer pressure, the absence of supportive family, feelings of anger & alienation, & the prom.. Details >>
Status:Unavailable (Estimated Availability: 11/30/2009) Gangs: It's Your Life (Part B)
Published: 2002
Portrays the hidden consequences of gang involvement: fear, violence, trauma, abuse, manipulation, addiction, prison, death, and tragedy for loved ones. Former & current gang members take a no-holds barred approach in recounting the horrors they have witn.. Details >>
Status:Available Gangs: It's Your Life (Part C)
Published: 2002
Focuses on the anger & hurt that underlie much of the negative behavior of at-risk youth. Outlines contemporary programs & approaches that are constructive & viable alternatives to gang membership. Former gang members who are now mentors show that it's ne.. Details >>
Status:Available Homicide/Juvenile Intervention/Narcotics
Published: 1999
From the series L.A. Detectives. Not a prevention message, as cops are shown making mistakes... Details >>
Status:Available No Kinda Life
Published: 2003
A stark documentary filmed inside a penitentiary; prisoners "tell it like it is" about losing their freedom while still in their teens due to drug-related crimes. Includes compelling advice to seek help before turning to drugs and crime, and to make right.. Details >>
Status:Available Alibi vs. Denial
Published: 2001
Delbert Boone presents an innovative treatment approach, noting that therapists accuse clients of being in denial, while clients often desperately attempt to create alibis for their behavior. Boone shows how addicts how these alibis can be broken down thr.. Details >>
Status:Available Anger
Published: 2002
Anger is an emotion, not a behavior. When it's transformed into the behavior of aggression & violence it can lead to tragic consequences. This video encourages personal responsibility & presents a step-by-step process to curb agressive behavior... Details >>
Status:Available The Teen Files: The Truth About Hate
Published: 1999
Explores the origins of hate through the eyes of teens as they come face to face w/ their own racism, ethnic bigotry, religious hatred & religious discrimination. Through inter- action w/ others different from them, the students face the destructive reali.. Details >>
Status:Available The Teen Files: Surviving High School
Published: 2001
11 teens exemplify the problems of isolation, extreme dieting, steroid use, depression, & suicidal thoughts in high schools. Teens are motivated to face the gruth about modern-day pressures & make positive changes in how they perceive themselves & treat o.. Details >>
Status:Available The Teen Files: The Truth About Violence
Published: 2000
Students' understanding of the correlation between risky behavior, violence and their personal well-being is reinforced when seen through the eyes of eight Los Angeles teens who become instrumental in pulling their shattered school back together... Details >>
Status:Available The Truth About Drugs
Published: 2000
Leeza Gibbons hosts this powerful program which graphically demonstrates to teens the effects of various types of drugs on their self, friends, babies, and family. It illustrates the consequences of drug use, such as rape, homelessness, suicide, jail tim.. Details >>
Status:Available Pulling Punches: Understanding Your Rage
Published: 2002
Part 1 of 3 addresses the connection between anger & addiction, anger "blackouts" and "highs", how anger can lead to relapse, its roots, causes from childhood, how triggers "make sense", and deciding to change. Real people tell their stories. Useful for n.. Details >>
Status:Available Pulling Punches: Tools for Managing Anger
Published: 2002
Part 2 of 3 presents 8 realistic, proven strategies for controlling anger. Real people in recovery explain how they successfully use tools such as knowing triggers, recognizing danger zone signs, removing oneself from the situation, using self-talk & othe.. Details >>
Status:Available Pulling Punches: Anger Reduction and Long-Term Change
Published: 2002
Part 3 of 3 has recovering addicts talk about how to be a less angry person by reconstructing faulty beliefs, healing the wounds of childhood, assertive conflict resolution, forgiving oneself, and stress reduction. Ends w/ glimpses of changed lives. For n.. Details >>
Status:Available The Science of Methamphetamine: An Informed Recovery
Published: 2005
Separates the facts from fiction about meth treatment. Former users speak honestly about their meth experiences. Great for clients and clinicians both who have been told that recovery from meth is almost impossible; offers insight, experience and hope... Details >>
Status:Available Meth and Violence
Published: 2005
The meth addict's strong tendency toward violence is explained by a former teenage user & a drug task force officer. For adults not familiar w/ meth, this video shares telltale signs of someone in the crucial, oftentimes violent, tweaking phase of use, &.. Details >>
Status:Unavailable (Estimated Availability: 03/17/2010) Methamphetamine: A Prevention Trilogy
Published: 2006
3 films: Meth...The Great Deceiver provides insight from teens into how meth damages young lives. Where Meth Goes... Violence & Destruction Follow looks at how communities are responding to the meth epidemic. Hidden Dangers: Meth Labs offers tips for spot.. Details >>
Status:Available Thug Life in D.C.
Published: 1998
A hard-hitting documentary features a look at the case of the youngest incarcerated black male in Lorton Prison's maximum security wing. Exposes a deeply rooted social malaise and the consequential emotional toll that it takes on African-American men... Details >>
Status:Available Managing Shame, Preventing Violence: A Call to Our Clergy- DVD
Published: 2003
**DVD** Explosive, interpersonal violence is often in the spotlight, but is linked to less showy ills such as rude- ness, incivility, sexual hedonism, & substance abuse. Psychiatrist Donald Nathanson links all of these to the way our culture handles shame.. Details >>
Status:Available Troop 1500: Girl Scouts Beyond Bars (DVD)
Published: 2005
**DVD** Focuses on 10 of the 48 girls in Troop 1500 as they make their monthly trip to the Gatesville Hilltop Prison, about 90 miles northeast of Austin. The girls were trained in media production & then interviewed their mothers about whey they ended up.. Details >>
Status:Available The Teen Files Flipped: Bullies, Loners and Violence
Published: 2001
Two real-life bullies are "flipped" into a situation where they themselves are the victims, and realize the devastating impact of bullying. Also shows an after-school vigil for students from Columbine & Santana High School. Powerful... Details >>